> I would be very interested to see if anyone has photos of horses in tolt/ > rack free in the pasture. Would also like to see a photo of a TWH racking > without a rider. Karen and Janice you may have seen it?? The question then > becomes are Rack/ Tolt as defined mostly human influenced gait??? Just a > question well worth looking at, IMO. > > Robyn >
thats a good question-- and a good challenge. i will make an extra effort to get some pics of my horses gaiting in the field. I have some now maybe, will look. As for human influence... in my horses that gait naturally I have noticed it is never steady. thus why its so hard to capture in any of them because there is no human on board to correct/alter/influence rate of speed. So when gaiting at liberty, mine are usually galloping at play, drop into a gait, transition back and forth in and out of other gaits. But a human on board would alter the speed until they stick I think. Personally I do not believe rack/tolt are gaits "mostly human influenced". in some horses yes, totally human contrived even, but so many do it naturally or as a preferred default natural gait. Janice yipie tie yie yo
